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  <h1 class="topictitle1">Failed to Delete Temporary Application Snapshot Files</h1>
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   <div class="section" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_section530911285414">
    <h4 class="sectiontitle">Symptom</h4>
    <p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_p10852124919310">When consistent backup is performed for a fileset, the "Failed to delete fileset snapshot" message is displayed in the job event, and the corresponding alarm is generated.</p>
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    <h4 class="sectiontitle">Possible Causes</h4>
    <ol id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_ol20913202163219">
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_li1391310219320">The snapshot cannot be unmounted because the snapshot mount path is occupied.</li>
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_li20913226323">During the backup, the amount of changed production data is greater than the snapshot size. As a result, the snapshot is fully occupied.</li>
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    <h4 class="sectiontitle">Troubleshooting</h4>
    <p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_p0710135193213"><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_b5116828103219">Linux fileset</strong></p>
    <ol id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_ol179105501323">
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_li159101050153220"><span>Obtain the name of the residual snapshot <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_b1399711281244">snapshot_name</strong>, for example, <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_b11799142482518">/dev/date/snap_lv1_97fd62d2-4074-496a-82f5-4e054b17c2f6</strong>, based on the event content.</span></li>
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_li20339195617345"><span>Log in to the host where the client is installed.</span></li>
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_li1076162610560"><span>Run the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_b15316204116563">df -m</strong> command to view the residual snapshot.</span></li>
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_li1971616108334"><span>Run the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_b167161617133417">umount -l </strong><em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_i172841719345">snapshot_name</em> command to unmount the snapshot. If the snapshot has been unmounted, skip this step.</span></li>
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_li613673953413"><span>Run the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_b2985133783519">lvremove -f </strong><em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_i242913381353">snapshot_name</em> command to delete the residual snapshot.</span></li>
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    <p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_p16832144123515"><strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_b6680165310352">AIX fileset</strong></p>
    <ol id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_ol371545693516">
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_li1371565673511"><span>Obtain the name of the residual snapshot <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_b19672435112610">snapshot_name</strong>, for example, <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_b19893124132618">/dev/fslv08</strong>, based on the event content.</span></li>
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_li10199173920368"><span>Log in to the host where the client is installed.</span></li>
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_li365813311576"><span>Run the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_b571723972516">df -m</strong> command to view the residual snapshot.</span></li>
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_li1972413063619"><span>Run the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_b8141157133613">umount -f </strong><em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_i648515612373">snapshot_name</em> command to unmount the snapshot. If the snapshot has been unmounted, skip this step.</span></li>
     <li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_li15119151919372"><span>Run the <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_b173931136143711">snapshot -d </strong><em id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_i57121183810">snapshot_name</em> command to delete the residual snapshot.</span></li>
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    <h4 class="sectiontitle">Suggestions</h4>
    <p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_p15225181517409">None.</p>
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    <h4 class="sectiontitle">Reference</h4>
    <p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000002200006685__en-us_topic_0000002164614264_en-us_topic_0000001957156785_p1622554024412">None.</p>
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